See what Christopher Kostow, Cindy Pawlcyn, Dean Fearing, Thomas Keller, Michael Chiarello, Christopher Cosentino and Russell Jackson are saying about the foie gras ban in California starting in July: Chefs Weigh In: The California Foie Gras Ban at Eater.com
Here are my favorite quotes from the article:
Dean Fearing: "I serve a lot of foie gras in Texas. I have a lot of customers that love foie gras. It's been around for you know 1,000 years since the Egyptians. It's amazing we all the sudden are doing this. I understand, I do. Animal rights, all of that. We might as well stop eating meat all together. I tell ya, if anyone's been to a slaughter house they wouldn't like that. I don't know why they're battling foie. Production of chickens would make you throw up. Seeing a slaughterhouse with pigs and cattle will make you throw up too. Pork is now bigger than ever, and pork has a brain. Pigs have brains. It's like wow. I think in my later years I'll be a vegetarian."
Michael Chiarello: "If we're going to do something healthful for American lets do something that's going to change the lives of millions and millions of Americans and our children. Foie gras is a 1000th of 1 percent of consumption of anyone that consumes anything in America. So if you're going to pick something? This is a stupid place to start. It's a decision based on agronomics not intelligence. If we took the amount of attention and money put to this, and applied it to something more significant we'd make a gigantic impact to help Americans."
Casey Thompson: "It sucks. You can quote me. How about this. Here's a $50 salad. Enjoy your foie gras."
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